The Withering

Judith, I'm gonna take this real quick.

You good?

Hey, Sara, what's going on?

Are you OK?

Well, did you get my text messages?

Yeah.

Sara, I'm not trying to harass you.

I just think offering another perspective might be helpful.

Yes, I-- I understand that.

I'm just trying to offer another opinion because I think

it might be helpful at first.

And-- and I-- and I understand that.

And-- and I'm not trying to belittle you,

but I think it might--

I--

Judith?

Oh, my gosh.

Judith, are you OK?

What happened?

I must've fallen asleep.

Why am I so close to the edge?

I locked these.

I know I did.

Perhaps you need to be more careful, Haley.

Do you want me to get your, uh,

walker from the car if you're-- if you're not feeling safe

in the chair?

I don't wanna keep you here.

No, let's just go.

Half the medical industry is waiting for me.

I promise, Judith, I always check the locks.

I know I do.

My, we are popular this morning.

It's my sister.

Oh, the head case.

Judith, that's not very nice.

Please, can we stay just a little bit longer?

OK.

Can I ask you something, Judith?

Is there something I can do to stop you?

When you're looking at the river,

what are you thinking about?

You always have this-- this look on your face

like kind of amused.

What are you thinkin'?

All right, let's get you to your appointment.

Arlo Cancer Care.

Dr. Giantoni is with a patient.

Can I take a message?

He can get back to you this afternoon.

We could pursue a more aggressive treatment path.

How long if we don't continue treatments?

For maybe five months before the initial tumor

starts to block a major artery to your liver.

By then, there's no way to know how far it will have spread.

If you want more time, you'll have to fight back.

The discomfort you feel now will only grow worse.

I can get you in for treatment in Madison

as early as next Thursday.

Uh, I need to think about this.

When's our next appointment?

It's next Monday.

We'll run another scan.

In the meantime, I will put in a prescription for cholestyramine.

That'll help with the itching.

Can you have someone get Haley back here?

If you need to speak to a counselor,

we have very good ones we can recommend.

Get my nurse.

I want to leave.

Do you want to talk about it, Judith?

I knew it.

Well, they won't tell you what the results are over the phone.

And-- and they make you come all the way down,

Haley, to this place here.

It doesn't-- it doesn't matter.

In a few weeks, nothing will matter.

Please take me home.

Take me home.

The check-in's been pushed to 3:00.

Uh, we have that meeting at Councilman Peter's office

at 12:15.

12:15?

Why so late?

He's a city councilman.

He doesn't actually do any work.

Uh, he had an 8:00 AM fundraiser he had to attend to.

Fundraiser?

More like golfing with his campaign backers

to press them for reelection money.

Wasn't he just elected, like, two months ago?

A lesson to you, Tony.

If you want to be in public service, once elected to power,

your job becomes staying in power.

The public in service be damned.

Uh, Mrs. Kinkade, aren't you in public service?

Uh, how new are you to this?

Oh, uh, I'm Glen's nephew.

Someone's nephew.

Well, Glen's--

You're a nepo hire who questions the ethics of power.

Never lose that innocence.

Uh, so if you're in your position to make other

people money, what's in it for you?

My father worked the steel mill.

His father worked the steel mill.

I love Barlow.

When they closed that steel mill before your time, Glen's nephew,

it almost killed this town.

This community's had a lot of hard times.

I wanna see it resurrected.

Judith!

Christ Almighty.

I'm right here.

What?

There was a sign back there for an estate sale.

Not today.

Oh, come on.

We have plenty of time before we have to be at the pharmacy.

I just wanna go home.

I'm not going.

Come on.

It'll take your mind off things for a while.

I said-- oh, great, the busybody.

I thought you and Lily were friends.

She's been my neighbor for three decades.

Not one of those years has she caught the hint

that we are not friends.

Come on.

I'm sure she's not that bad.

She's off to stick her nose in the urn

before the ashes have even cooled.

We better go inside, make sure she's not

making off with the silver.

That's the spirit.

Jude, Jude.

I should have known you were going to be here.

Such a huge event.

Oh, Lily, no, it's so nice to see you.

What was your name again?

Haley.

Uh, you mentioned this was an event?

The Jackdaw estate?

He was an explorer in the arts, discovered an Egyptian tomb

filled with treasure.

Middle East, China.

I have a brochure they mailed out.

I think you-- you'd know it all without the brochure.

Mm.

I have my eye on that.

I wonder if there's cheaper items in the back.

This is kind of expensive.

It's all very beautiful, though.

Did you find something you like?

Oh, wow.

Judith, I think you managed to find the most expensive item

here.

May-- maybe you shouldn't be touching it.

Oh, I'm so sorry, but the items in this room

aren't part of the estate sale.

This is my great-grandfather's study,

and we're preserving it for the Historical Society.

Your great-grandfather was H. C. Jackdaw?

Yeah, yeah.

Well, before my time, though.

Well, there are so many beautiful items for sale here.

Uh, why-- why just this room?

Well, you'd have to ask the estate creditors about that.

Um, I-- I need you to leave, please.

Oh, yes.

Sorry.

Mm.

We'll be on our way.

Sorry, that was such a bust, so overpriced.

Well, that's such a loss.

Very special things in that house.

Next line, please.

Hi, we have a pickup for Judith Faraday.

Uh, sorry.

It's not ready yet.

Well, now, you told us an hour.

And it's been an hour.

It's-- it's OK.

Uh, we-- we will wait.

Um, I'm also here to pick up a prescription for Frank Adams.

Oh, that's so good.

I'll be back.

OK, uh, let's pick out an anti-itch cream.

What scent do you like?

Can I help you find anything?

Yes.

I'd like a lotion that's not so ridiculously priced.

Uh, yeah.

I-- I was-- I was here last week.

And there was a brand that was hypoallergenic,

but I don't really remember what the--

oh, my God.

Mason, hi.

Uh, when did you start working here?

Hey, Haley.